varar
Spanish, verb/baˈɾaɾ/
varar is spelled V-A-R-A-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish, the 178,154th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Varar is a Spanish verb meaning “to beach” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Echar a la mar a algun navío despues de fabricado, para que pueda navegar”.
What does varar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to beach
- 2
to run aground
- 3
to strand
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Echar a la mar a algun navío despues de fabricado, para que pueda navegar.
verb: 1. Encallar la embarcación en la costa o en las peñas, o en un banco de arena. 2. Sacar a la playa y poner en seco una embarcación, para resguardarla de la resaca o de los golpes de mar, o también para carenarla.
verb: 1. Por extensión, dicho de cualquier vehículo: quedarse detenido debido a alguna falla. 2. Dicho de un proceso: quedarse estancado o detenido.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of varar
- varo first-person present singular
- varé first-person preterite singular
- varado participle past
- varando gerund
- varada feminine participle past
- varados masculine participle past
- varadas feminine participle past
- varas indicative informal present
- varás indicative informal present
- vara indicative present singular
- varamos first-person indicative plural
- varáis indicative plural present
- varan indicative plural present
- varaba first-person imperfect indicative
- varabas imperfect indicative second-person
- varábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- varabais imperfect indicative plural
- varaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce varar?
- /baˈɾaɾ/
- [baˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to varar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is varar in Spanish?
varar appears about once in every 24 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).